The Meeker herald., 1887-05-14
STOCK ANo RANGE NEWS.

| Limb-Tg * Patrick brought III seven
head Of full,blooicd Galloways las,
"Wednesday. y.a the Government road
and fiec-anc..
Some people held the pfic. II hay u
,riir too high tile past winter and In
consequences there is NOR. than one
stack Of unused hay Ia this valley.
-Four hundred head Of cattle were
killed hy III. authorities al Chicago las,
week. The, are determined Ia cS,ir-
pate pl.ufo pneumonia regardless Of
expense.
one Of the signs Of I'll. times is that
our FHn1hmrn arr constantly adding
ncw machinery. aud hardly week
iassrs but what th- ranges un the
White aud Hear fiyrrr arr being a,is.
inri,c,i b, new grade ui stock.
stockmcn are ,-ry jubllani over the
condition II the fans-r. and nj the
fip.di,y In which stock are pickin: up.
The late rains have ni.i-i considerable
10 the status o! atsirs. md III. grass is
coming up In Hue siai-'. wayin; ia the
wind III nutnl~rl-ss places.
Southern New Mexico and Arizona
papers are complaining of the exceed
Ing prevalence II horse, stealing from
the ranges. II Is believed that iii- n,rn
o,,oraiins are h,c>.s--.- N,p. ...... ~ =.
easy matter 10 MAKE ;halr raid aud then
skip into Mexico and dispose Of u.ciI
plumber.
\ prominent; cai;l-man from the
eastern par, Of ,lic county III fasol re-
ports tie cattle tn L. In the best ui c"i'
iitinn. Only one animal waS seen dead
on the range between the Arkansas
river and tho Divide. Now that ihrss
rains have assured an abundance Of
grass for the year III. outlook for the
c.iiicmrn Is mos; promising. Colorado
Springs Gazette.
some weeks ago native cow i-elong-
Ing on the ranch Of the Ellis Brothers.
Chugwa,cr. Wyoming. mitcd In u
slough. She was discovered Ia Il, ing
condition and hauled out. After she
Was dead. the boys cut her open and re-
moved u living calf. half.bltrj Gallo
way. The youngs;.r Is thriving and
being hand. raised. This Is considered
n remarkable case.
Thomas u. lies. the wcll-known
s,ock.man Of l.ou,i county. has Ind
hard luck with his brood mares this
spring. On, Of eighteen with foal sew
cntccn ahuttci. Jus, what the cause
was Is hard Ia determine. Mr.. Hes cor
responded with the State Veterinarian
in regard To it. aud that gentleman was
Of the opinion that .pizoo,ic exists
th.r. and that IL ia infectious.
referring 10 the rccen, organization
of the American Cattle Trust. which
has been projected 10 combat the Big
four" drcsscd-bccf monopoly Of Chi
cagp. an eastern paper says that the
Trust has secured the active co.opcra-
tion of Richard -. Head. Of Colorado.
John I. I.ytlc Of Texas. John l.. Routt
OF Colorado. Thomas Sturgis OF Wyo-
ming. and many other experienced cat
,lemcn throughout the range country.
With such backing the Trust is bound
to succeed.
Herd owners will 40 well to look after
the stock Of bulls upon their ranges. 1t
is frequent remark tins spring that
there is general shortage in this class
of stock. yet we hear Of very few pur-
chases being made. The price Of bulls
appears 10 he rather reasonable Mt pres
ent, and this opportunity is improved 10
remind those IN need of bulls that now
is u pretty good time 10 bny. The in
crease in n herd is very important
item-and You must have n certain pro-
portion Of bulls If You want the calf
tally to loom NJ. Cheyenne Journal
Some Of our White river cattlemen
who are short on bulls might proiitably
consider this question.
The quarantine proclamations OF the
Governor have stirred mp deal of feel
ing among the men who are handling
cattle. OF course they feel the effects,
because whatever throws obstacles In
the way of importation of cattle from
any of the Eastern States cuts down
the opportunities which they have for
receiving cattle to sell As they state
the case. 1.-The proclamations interfere
with the commerce Of the country"